FirefightersGround ladders: A single ladder (restaurant, night)
A single ladder. The building is a restaurant. It happens at night. With a single or extension ladder, an assignment and team members if needed, you set up, mount, climb, come down and dismount a ground ladder: the hazards are assessed, the ladder is stable at the right climbing angle, an extension ladder reaches the needed height with the fly locked, and the top rests on a solid part of the structure. It is station 4-16 of Ohio's Firefighter I practical exam (NFPA 1001 4.3.6).
Free to startThis scenario
- A single ladder.
- The building is a restaurant.
- It happens at night.
The steps
- Judge the height an extension ladder needs, when used.
- Decide whether the wall and roof will hold the ladder.
- Carry the ladder.
- Place the ladder away from obvious hazards.
- Raise the ladder.
- Extend the ladder, when used.
- Check that the fly sections are locked, when used.
- Make sure the ladder is stable and at the right angle for climbing.
- Mount, climb, come down and dismount the ladder.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 7 steps with a ladder that is not an extension ladder, or all 10 with an extension ladder.
- At the start, the ladder can be on the apparatus, on a ladder rack or on the ground.
- Only one candidate is evaluated at a time, and the candidate directs any other team members.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
Firefighter I Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5919)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter I skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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